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International week fea1tures Tibetan traditions
ERIN MAIROSE
e/mairose 13@ole.augie.edu
Over the past week in the Siverson Lounge, six Tibetan
monks have been working to create a beautiful piece of sand
artwork, only to then destroy it.
The monks are on a year-long Mystical Art of Tibet Tour
throughout the U.S. that began last January. Originally from
the Drepung Loseling Monastery in Tibet, the monks have
been living in exile in India ever since Tibet fell under Chi­nese
control in 1959.
Gese Loden, one of the monks, said one goal of the tour
is to "share the unique traditions that Tibetans have pre­served
for many centuries-those are [the values of] com­passion
and nonviolence:'
"We try to share it with the rest of the world to [create] · a
more peaceful society;' Loden said. 0
The monks' visit is sponsored by the UBG Culture and
Fine Arts committee.
"We get a lot of culture aspects from within the U.S.
from our UBG events, but we wanted to expand and bring
in more global culture:' said co-governor Katelyn Johnson.
Construction of the World Peace Mandala began at its
opening ceremony Monday night. The mandala is created
Photo by Mike Shafer
Two monks work on the mandala Wednesday morning. They came to Augustana as pa t of a U.S. art tour. See MANDALA, page 3
Soccer headed to regionals
after NSIC conference win
'Science for Seminaries' program to
meld two disciplines in spring 2015
RYAN HEUER
rtheuer12@ole.augie.edu
Despite losing six starters from a re­cord-
breaking season in 2014, the Augus­tana
women's soccer team overcame.
Losing an All-NSIC goalkeeper and
top-two goal scorers? The Vikings con­quered
that obstacle, too.
Augustana won a school-record 14
games last year only to lose their final
three, including both playoff games, by one
goal apiece. But after losing so many im­pact
players, head coach Brandon Barkus
didn't panic.
Next woman up.
Entering this year's conference tourna­ment,
Augustana had never won a playoff
game in its entire 14-year history.
Fifteenth time's the charm?
On Nov. 4, the Vikings opened play in
the NSIC tournament. They won, and the
Peace Scholars
bring summer's
lessons to Augie
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Brandon Barkus
1-0 shutout of Southwest Minnesota State
marked the first playoff win in Augustana
program history.
Two days later, sophomore midfielder
Emily Jacobson broke a 1-1 draw in the
88th minute on a free-kick blast, leading
Augustana to its second-ever postseason
win.
And as if that wasn't enough, sopho­more
goalie and NSIC tournament MVP
Taylor Machacek posted her school re­cord-
shattering 11th shutout of the season
See SOCCER, page 9
CHRIS MAHAN
cjmahan 15@ole.augie.edu
If two professors have their way, the dis­tance
between the Froiland Science Com­plex
and the Humanities building will be
a little bit smaller, at least
perceptually.
Religion pro-fessor
Ann
Pederson be­lieves
that this
spring's new
"Science for
Seminaries"
program will
be important in
giving future religious lead-ers
the background knowledge
they need to inform members of the
community about scientific issues.
Pederson and Leonard Hummel, a pro­fessor
of pastoral theology at Lutheran
Mizzou protests raise
concerns regarding
First Amendment
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Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa.,
received a grant from the American As­sociation
for the Advancement of Science
and the John Templeton Foundation. Au­gustana
is one of ten schools that received
a combined $1.5 million for the advance-ment
of scientific knowledge for re­ligious
leaders.
Pederson and Hummel
will work with Augus­tana
science profes-sors
to teach a Ci­vitas/
Religion 110
course on science
and religion at Au­gustana
this spring.
"The students will
study not only basics
about theology, but we will
focus particularly on the prob­lem
of sufferings and evil in our
world that come as a result of
See SCIENCE/RELIGION, page 3
Women's hoops
kicks off season
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